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From the earnings report: Apple sold $12.25B worth of iPhones and Apple TVs in the last quarter. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/10/19results.html http://
by spicyj 17y ago
From the earnings report: Apple sold $12.25B worth of iPhones and Apple TVs in the last quarter.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/10/19results.html http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/10/19results.html
In the first month of the App Store, (arguably not very close to now, but still) Apple sold about $30M in apps, of which it takes only a 30% cut. The difference between hardware and software sales is a few orders of magnitude.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121842341491928977.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121842341491928977.html
- aditya 17y agoAh, right. But which one is apple profiting more from? The hardware with it's high cost or the app store with it's virtually zero cost?
- spicyj 17y agoExcuse me, I forgot to write: profit from the iPhones and Apple TVs is about $2.85B, if I understand the report correctly. They'd need to sell $3.2B on the App Store each month to match the hardware profit figures.